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Just like that, the group left brazenly with the tightly bound Harith.
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They didn’t even bother to hide from surveillance cameras as their car drove down the road. They moved openly, in full view of the cameras.
This infuriated the people watching from behind the monitors.
In the presidential suite of a hotel, an elderly man with graying hair sat on the living room sofa, his face darkening visibly as he watched the real–time surveillance footage on a laptop on the coffee table.
A furious roar immediately followed, along with the sound of a shattering cup. “This is a provocation! A blatant provocation!”
Four bodyguards in black stood beside the elderly man, their heads bowed, silent and too scared to breathe.
They all knew that Ashton, the young master from a powerful family, was incredibly bold.
But they never imagined that Ashton would dare to bring the two troublemakers from the Goodwin and Parkinson families, storm the villa, and brazenly take Harith away.
This infuriated the elderly man who was constantly monitoring Harith.
If Ashton and his group had secretly kidnapped and snuck Harith away, they would have had every reason to intercept them and seize the opportunity to rescue him.
But Ashton had chosen to capture him openly. There was no denying that it was a brilliant idea.
Seizing someone secretly would give their opponents leverage and an opportunity to exploit the situation. But by seizing Harith openly, people like them who hid in the shadows couldn’t intervene to save Harith, even if they witnessed the capture.
Otherwise, the bodyguards tasked with protecting Harith in secret would be exposed.
It also gave Ashton an opportunity to bring the matter into the open.
Now, they knew where Ashton and his men had taken Harith, yet they were powerless to do anything but watch.
This frustrating and powerless feeling was likely Ashton’s first display of dominance over them.
After an outburst, the old man barely suppressed his anger. He sighed and ordered one of the bodyguards, “Contact Len immediately, and make a copy of the surveillance footage.”
“Yes, sir.” One of the bodyguards acknowledged the order, picked up a laptop, and quickly left the living room.
After a moment of thought, the old man, still worried, instructed the other three bodyguards, “None of you is to make any rash moves until you receive the next instructions from Len.”
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“Yes, sir,” the three bodyguards answered respectfully.
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They wouldn’t have dared to make a move even without the old man’s warning.
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Their opponent was Ashton. Even if the three of them teamed up for a surprise attack, they couldn’t possibly take him down. It would be suicide to confront Ashton at such a critical moment.
The prestigious families in Shoneport might not have known how ruthless Ashton’s methods are, but the bodyguards knew all too well.
In recent years, those once internationally renowned mercenaries had all mysteriously disappeared.
The common thread in their disappearances was that they had all either offended Ashton or stolen business from the 121 Overseas Mercenary Organization.
There are many ways to make a person disappear.
However, besides government agencies, no private organization in the world could make someone disappear so flawlessly without raising the slightest suspicion.
The DDC Vanguard Mercenary Special Operations Base was an exception. As was the 121 Overseas Mercenary Organization.
And the people who took Harith were Ashton, the leader of the 121 Overseas Mercenary Organization, and Briar, one of the eight instructors from the DDC Vanguard Mercenary Special Operations Base.
This was also why the old man slammed his coffeecup in anger but didn’t dare to send people to pursue and intercept them.
Everyone in the room combined was no match for Ashton and Briar.
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Ashton and his group returned to Moonspring Estate safely.
As soon as the car stopped, Brandon, whose face was swollen like a pig’s head, quickly hustled Harith into the villa. He gave no opportunities for any assassins, possibly lurking around the villa, to assassinate Harith
Only after Brandon had safely escorted Harith into the villa did Ashton and the others get out of the car one after another.
As for the assassins lurking in the shadows, it was not a big stretch to bet that they would not dare to kill Ashton and Briar, or even Reece and Hamish.
Killing Harith was meant to help Len clean up a mess. But killing any of the other four wouldn’t be cleaning up a mess for Len. Instead, it would be creating irreversible trouble and immeasurable losses for him.
The ones who would die the most gruesome deaths then would not be Harith, but the assassins themselves.
Back at the villa, Hamish and Reece sat on the sofa with their legs crossed.
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“Alright, she’s home safe now, so we’ll get going,” Hamish said.
Despite saying so, neither of them moved. They calmly held their cups and sipped their coffee.
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Their eyes kept drifting toward Briar. It was clear that they were eager to see how Briar would tame her man.
Ashton glared furiously at them as he questioned why he was friends with them.
But Reece and Hamish were not intimidated by Ashton’s cold glare and continued to laugh. If they weren’t afraid Ashton would hold a grudge, they would have posted about it on social media.
Seeing Reece and Hamish’s increasingly smug laughter, Ashton gritted his teeth. “You two better hope I never get any dirt on you, or else…ha!”
The threat in Ashton’s final huff was unmistakable.
Reece looked up at the sky and Hamish looked down at the ground, both pretending not to understand the threat in Ashton’s words.
They didn’t care about the threat. The thrill of seeing Ashton frustrated was far more exciting than the fear of future retaliation.
As soon as she got home, Briar opened her laptop. With her head down, she was so focused on typing that she completely missed the silent war of glares between Ashton and the other two men.
Ian watched every move of Ashton and the other two men, wary of them as if they were thieves, and preventing them from peeping.
Being stared down by Ian, Ashton, and the other two finally stopped their bickering. Reece awkwardly changed the subject, “…So, what do you think? Will those people try to assassinate us tonight?”
Hamish glanced at Briar, who was still focused on her laptop, and shrugged. “Who knows? Those people never play fair. They might just show up tonight with explosives, ready to take everyone down with them.”
Ian scoffed. “In their dreams. With Briar here, they might not survive attacking us.”
Alexia and Alex, who had been quiet in the background since they arrived, heard this and nodded eagerly. “That’s right, that’s right! Briar’s combat skills are definitely top–tier. It won’t be easy to kill her!”
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